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Australian investors will have unprecedented access to high-growth Israeli startups under a new partnership between equity crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd and a VC firm.
Melbourne-based Kentgrove Capital was the cornerstone investor in the platform’s oversubscribed $2 million funding round and will be sourcing startups from Israel to list on the site.
Half of
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A new co-working space has launched in Melbourne with the aim of promoting “positive human collisions” and making the tech and startup world more inclusive and diverse.
Creative Universe have partnered with Dimension Data to launch the Dimension 5 space in South Melbourne.
The co-working hub will have a special focus on
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The Prime Minister’s announcement on Monday 7 December of a National Innovation and Science Agenda (http://ift.tt/1UsBGBL) is a welcome development. However, the challenge will be for the government to turnaround our National Innovation System (NIS) (http://ift.tt/1kxV5gU) which has been steadily in decline for some time (http://ift.tt/1UsBGBM).
As outlined in the Prime
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Looking ahead to the new year is an excellent time to reflect on your achievements and evaluate your business.
What does your idea of success (http://ift.tt/1JhjEPe) look like for 2016? People start their own business for many different reasons and motivations. Therefore, your idea and definition of success may be
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At the top of some children’s Christmas present wish list this year will be the new Hello Barbie (http://ift.tt/1kYGOC2) doll.
Mattel’s latest doll connects to the internet via Wi-Fi and uses interactive voice response (IVR) to effectively converse with children. When the doll’s belt button is pushed, conversations are recorded and
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It’s such a simple idea — your personal car service, summoned via smartphone — that it’s a wonder no one really tried it before. Maybe it was the politics: When Uber (then UberCab) launched in 2010, it was almost immediately attacked for operating in the “gray area” of transportation, garnering more than one cease-and-desist order, even in its hometown of San Francisco.
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The University of California announced a $250 million venture fund to invest in startups “emerging from the University of California system.” The fund will be focused on students, professors and alumni of the 10 UC schools, with a particular emphasis on startups in the life sciences, technology, energy, agriculture and materials sectors.
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Munich-based 3D indoor mapping and navigation startup NavVis has raised a €7.5 million Series B round of funding as it readies the launch of its smartphone indoor navigation app. Read More
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After a short beta, Backblaze today opened up its new low-cost cloud storage service for all developers. Backblaze made a name for itself as a backup service for individuals and small businesses. But as the company’s CEO Gleb Budman told me when the company first announced this new product, the technology it developed to run those services (and all the hard drives it buys) is also a… Read More
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Headlines in 2015 have been particularly worrisome for global investors. Yet while we see listed businesses facing a whiplash effect from China, Greece and the Middle East, the news headlines about high-growth technology businesses seemingly couldn’t be more positive. From record-breaking funding rounds in the U.K. and the U.S. and the blossoming U.K. fintech market or the growth of… Read More
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